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Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant review – slime and silliness in amusing New Zealand comedy horror

Mucus, alien gristle, a tentacle-bearing penis and, of course, the pregnancy of the title are all borne with deadpan calmness in this underplayed comedy In this amusingly silly exercise in gross-out body horror and bathos from New Zealand, thirtysomething underachiever Mary (Hannah Lynch) finds herself unexpectedly pregnant after shy neighbour Boo (Arlo Green) ejaculates on her in the communal laundry room with his tentacle-bearing alien penis (hence the self-explanatory title). We never quite find out why Boo has such outre sex organs, but nothing here should be overthought since it is all ab

Guardian Culture · EN

‘The output of a lunatic asylum’: what the Bloomsbury group can tell us about mental health

From Virginia Woolf’s horrifying views on eugenics to James Strachey’s seminal translations of Freud, the Bloomsbury set didn’t only experience mental illness, they shaped how society thinks about it ‘As an experience,” Virginia Woolf wrote in 1930, “madness is terrific and not to be sniffed at … In its lava, I still find most of the things I write about.” Woolf’s 1941 suicide by drowning in the River Ouse, her pockets weighted with stones, is usually framed as evidence of her tortured genius. But a new exhibition at Charleston in Lewes radically excavates this narrative while challenging idea

Guardian Culture · EN

My fiancee, my foreskin and me: the comic who turned adult circumcision into a jaw-dropping show

To be with the woman he loved, Max Olesker had to convert to Orthodox Judaism – which required an unwelcome operation. He relives a painful and sometimes infuriating journey When Max met Eliana at the Edinburgh fringe, the romcom vibes were strong. Shots, songs, falling headlong in love. Less vibey was the conversion Max Olesker had to navigate to marry his Orthodox Jewish beloved. The comedian had always thought of himself as Jewish – when his parents married, his mum converted to a less rigorous branch of Judaism. But to the Beth Din, the rabbinical court, that didn’t count. To be with the w

Guardian Culture · EN

‘Music is the most powerful way of connecting to what’s happening’: can this album change your mind about the climate crisis?

With globe-spanning artists – including Charlotte Church doing angry electropop – the Flow project is hoping to make an impact at this month’s Cop31 Amid tense and long-winded negotiations, and with the future of the planet at stake, emotions can often run high at Cop climate summits. But last year, when the annual conference arrived in Brazil, one UN official was unexpectedly moved to tears by five women singing about the power of water. “She gave me a massive hug after the event and said, ‘We need to bring music into Cop,’” says Nikita Llerena, the project manager for Flow, a music collectiv

Guardian Culture · EN

True crime novel about 1949 murder of Paris life model wins France’s biggest literary prize

Philippe Jaenada wins Prix Goncourt with novel that seeks to solve 77-year-old case and rehabilitates reputation of its victim A literary true-crime investigation that tries to solve a 77-year-old cold case and ends up rehabilitating the reputation of its life model victim has won France’s most prestigious literary prize. The author Philippe Jaenada was announced on Tuesday afternoon as the winner of the Prix Goncourt, for his book L’Inconnue du quai de Javel (The Unknown Woman of the Quai de Javel), a recreation of the murder of a 29-year-old Breton woman named Louise Cansot. Continue reading

Guardian Culture · EN

China’s first AI-generated film is a flop. Some still see it as the future of cinema

Chinese investors placing high value on AI despite unpopularity of Sanxingdui: Future Past China’s first fully AI-generated movie has flopped, earning just 1.7m yuan (£191,000) at the box office despite costing “tens of millions” to make, according to its producer. But is it any good? The Guardian watched Sanxingdui: Future Past in a virtually empty cinema in Beijing, and found it no worse than plenty of human-centred mindless action flicks. Continue reading...

Guardian Culture · EN

They fell in love on The Simpsons and married in real life. Meet the French Homer and Marge

They have brought TV’s most famous cartoon couple to life in France for the last 38 years. Philippe Peythieu and Véronique Augereau tell all about working and living together for so long, still being lovebirds – and rarely arguing The Simpsons is the biggest cartoon comedy in the world, with suburban couple Homer and Marge at its heart. From their beginnings as high-school sweethearts to the travails of married life, they’re an unbreakable pair. Gag-heavy as it may be, it’s also a series with plenty of sentimental plots, from Homer giving up his beloved Duff beer for a month to prove his love

Guardian Culture · EN

‘A trailblazer in the truest sense’: poet Grace Nichols wins £10,000 Pioneer prize

The Guyana-born, British-based writer takes home the Royal Society of Literature prize honouring women writers over 60 who have broken barriers The poet Grace Nichols has been named the winner of the 2026 Royal Society of Literature Pioneer prize, a £10,000 award that recognises women writers over 60 who broke through at a time when the literary world was less open to them. Nichols, 76, who was born in Guyana and moved to the UK in 1977, made her name with I Is a Long-Memoried Woman, which took the Commonwealth poetry prize in 1983, and The Fat Black Woman’s Poems, a collection published the f

Guardian Culture · EN

“Chaos” in the air: Five ways voting could be disrupted on Election Day

Voting experts remain concerned about potential problems at the polls thanks to the Trump admin's involvement

Salon · EN

Black voters could sway the midterms in surprising places

SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act. Early voting numbers indicate that Black Americans are fighting back

Salon · EN

Tom Petty and The Who box sets reveal two sides of rock history

The best classic rock box sets don't just revisit history — they bring it to life

Salon · EN

Who Was the First Poet to Be Buried at Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey?

Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Nov. 3, 2026.

Slate · EN

I Haven’t Thought About the Affair I Had in Many Years. Now It’s Come Knocking on My Door.

My marriage will not be the same.

Slate · EN

Six Years Ago, My Husband Planned to Meet a Woman for Sex. He Can’t, Or Won’t, Tell Me Anything More.

How can I get over this when I don't know what "this" is?

Slate · EN

Slate SoundBites for November 3, 2026

Build your answer from the sound up with our new game, SoundBites!

Slate · EN

My Daughter Asks Me What I Think of Her Clothes. When I Answer, She Enters a Rage.

She says I'm "shaming" her.

Slate

Here’s the Exact Moment the Supreme Court Went Off the Rails

And how to get it back on track.

Slate · EN

What Does “Extreme” Even Mean in the Trump 2.0 Era? Here Are Four Examples.

It’s not easy to separate yourself from the extremist pack during Trump 2.0. These candidates found a way.

Slate · EN

Buried in Spam? There’s a Hidden Trick in Gmail to Make Your Inbox Less Chaotic.

It only takes a minute.

Slate · EN

What Democrats could actually do if they win Congress

The outcome of the midterm elections is perhaps the single most important factor in determining how the final two years of Donald Trump’s presidency will play out — and what impact it will have on people’s lives in the United States and around the world. If Republicans defy the polls and hold both chambers, Trump […]

Vox · EN

Who will govern Israel? It may come down to Arab voters.

The dust is beginning to settle a week after Israel’s first national election since Hamas’s attack on October 7, 2023, and the war Israel waged on Gaza in response. Neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his opponents won the 61 parliamentary seats needed to govern. Now the fate of the next government hinges on a […]

Vox · EN

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol.782)

1. Once one of the world’s largest and most beautiful department stores, today hiding inside a Parisian office building Founded in 1856 as the Palais de la Nouveauté, Dufayel became one of the world’s largest department stores, famous for selling furniture and household goods on credit. At its height, the business employed approximately 15,000 people. […]

Messy Nessy Chic · EN

Why We Cringe

What makes someone else's behavior so embarrassing? The answer lies in our expectations of how people should act. The post Why We Cringe appeared first on JSTOR Daily .

JSTOR Daily · EN

11 of the Best Books Out in November

Get ready for grief-stricken literary fiction, very original post-apocalyptic romantasy, Bollywood body horror, and more.

Book Riot · EN